Analysis

January 20, 2022

15 startups investors predict will become decacorns in 2022

Step aside unicorns, these are the creatures that investors are eyeing up in Europe now.


Connor Bilboe

11 min read

European tech has come a long way in the past few years — once upon a time founders and investors would stand out if they became a unicorn.

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